The Week Junior Show

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• Book awards and Sycamore Gap’s new shoots

  October 2, 2026 · 28 min

  It was The Week Junior Book Awards this week, and Bex, Eve and Stevie talk through the big night, including Jack Mackay’s spooky story Gloam winning two trophies and the books they each helped to judge. There’s also new shoots sprouting…

• Turning hope into action

  September 25, 2026 · 44 min

  This week, as part of the Be Hope Podcast Takeover, we talk to guerilla gardener and nature rights campaigner Kalpana Arias about her work and what makes her feel hopeful. We also talk about new social media rules in the EU, a scheme to…

• Slowing down AI and woolly glaciers

  September 18, 2026 · 29 min

  The boss of AI company Anthropic has said that powerful artificial intelligence should be developed more slowly and checked more closely, and Bex, Eve and Dan talk through why more than 70 UK politicians are also asking for new rules on…

• Fast fashion fees and a fossil hunter’s blue plaque

  September 11, 2026 · 28 min

  France has brought in new rules that make ultra fast fashion companies pay a fee on every new item of clothing they sell there, from 43p for an item of underwear to £10.28 for a jacket, and Bex, Eve and Martha talk through why cheap…

• Nepal flood aid and a castle on rollers

  September 4, 2026 · 29 min

  Flash floods hit communities along the border between Nepal and Tibet on 26 August after a glacier collapsed high in the mountains, and Bex, Eve and Joe talk through the rescue effort and the aid arriving from around the world, including a…

• Runny egg warning and Snowdon queues

  August 28, 2026 · 28 min

  The Food Standards Agency has warned young children, older people and pregnant women to avoid runny eggs in cafes and restaurants after an outbreak of salmonella, and Bex, Eve and Joe talk through the advice. There’s also a queue forming…

• Total solar eclipse and hidden gold

  August 21, 2026 · 28 min

  A total solar eclipse passed over Greenland, Iceland and northern Spain, and Bex, Eve and Martha talk through what happened, including Eve’s trip to Spain to see it. There’s also an 18-year-old in Belgium who uncovered £7.5 million of gold…

• Lucky lotto ticket and giant cars

  August 14, 2026 · 31 min

  A new defence agreement has been signed by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, and Bex, Joe and Dan talk through what it means. There’s also a woman in Italy whose winning lottery ticket was rescued from a bin lorry, pufflings being saved…